Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Jerod C. Hansen, et al., v. Mark A. Klein, et al.,

Case No.: 2020AP1265

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact

Jerod Hansen and Catherine Tabor-Hansen (collectively, “the Hansens”) appeal from the circuit court’s grant of a summary judgment in favor of Wendell, Anna and Carlton Klein (collectively, “the Kleins”), dismissing the Kleins from this suit. The Hansens argue that disputed issues of material fact remain as to whether the Kleins engaged in a civil conspiracy with their neighboring relatives, who sold real property to the Hansens, to suppress and conceal the existence of adverse conditions affecting the property during the time that the Hansens rented the property and prior to their purchase of it. We conclude the Hansens failed to provide sufficient evidence, under the applicable legal standard, to support their civil conspiracy claim, and, thus, no genuine issues of material fact preclude summary judgment on that claim. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.